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they need to get jobs for us. i used to work construction. i'm putting out application four, five, six in a week. somewhere down the line, we'll have to do something for people exhausting their unemployment benefits where is the questioning or analysis. factories, professional and business services. retail trimming jobs dealing with budget cuts the most since november. caller: hello. i was just stating that if people go back to work and allow these people to get jobs in america, there's no way our social security will expire because you paid into that. i paid into it since i was 17 years old. i'm 78 now host: thank you for your call. caller: i want to say three things number one, it is an hypocracy what is going on in america today. both of the congress coming in each morning opening up with prayer to god for direction and then they pledge the other second thing. there are other people with intelligence outside their religious belief. i can provide enough technology right now to get america 50-100 years advancement. on higher levels, i probab
they need to get jobs for us. i used to work construction. i'm putting out application four, five, six in a week. somewhere down the line, we'll have to do something for people exhausting their unemployment benefits where is the questioning or analysis. factories, professional and business services. retail trimming jobs dealing with budget cuts the most since november. caller: hello. i was just stating that if people go back to work and allow these people to get jobs in america, there's no way...
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jonathan joins us from "the wall street journal." give us the latest. as people woke up in america this morning, how are they analyzing what happens in japan last night? guest: in terms of investor psychology, this was not something the market had been expecting. to be sure, the market was on edge is simply because of the middle east developments that have been having in -- that have been happening. you have a lot of people waking up very early in the morning in the united states and instead of checking what happened in libya overnight, now they are suddenly looking at tokyo. you have to keep in mind that japan is the world's third largest economy now. for many years, the second- largest. it is still a very important country and an important economy for the world. people are looking for any escalation of the nuclear situation. that is potentially the biggest overhang now. host: hal influential is what happened to the end world -- to the yen worldwide? how influential is the yen? guest: it's been a very important part of the run-up that we've seen, not j
jonathan joins us from "the wall street journal." give us the latest. as people woke up in america this morning, how are they analyzing what happens in japan last night? guest: in terms of investor psychology, this was not something the market had been expecting. to be sure, the market was on edge is simply because of the middle east developments that have been having in -- that have been happening. you have a lot of people waking up very early in the morning in the united states and...
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us. yesterday the house was able to pass a two week resolution to keep the government funded past the deadline of this friday. break it down. caller: it was pretty overwhelming. most republicans in the house voted for it, including most of the freshman. there were also possibly a hundred democrats that joined the republicans. even though there were cuts that the president said that he approved of, party unity is important and constant, particularly in the minority when it will not help the majority. host: when you look at the overall votes, a good chunk of democrats wound up voting for this continuing resolution. caller: correct. it was a tactical move for hacks -- house republican leaders to come up with a plan that included cuts that democrats were supportive of. host: steny hoyer voted for the resolution. nancy pelosi voted against it. caller: i would not make too much of it other than steny hoyer tends to be more center- left and left left -- than left- left. the minority leader proba
us. yesterday the house was able to pass a two week resolution to keep the government funded past the deadline of this friday. break it down. caller: it was pretty overwhelming. most republicans in the house voted for it, including most of the freshman. there were also possibly a hundred democrats that joined the republicans. even though there were cuts that the president said that he approved of, party unity is important and constant, particularly in the minority when it will not help the...
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people use the various different percentages the way they wish to use them. just like tenure has become an excuse to not evaluate teachers, and teacher union contracts are not about how we transform education, how we get people the tools and conditions they need to do a good job because teacher and children's interests are virtually the same. teachers go into this profession to make a difference in the lives of kids, and our lafflet caller was right. when you see all this bashing and demonizing of the very people that want to make a difference in kids, it is a chilling effect to get people to go into our profession. host: joe writes, if it is not true accident then i'm wrong, teachers can be fired at the direction of the principal. yes or no? guest: correct. if you notice, i start talking about it like due process. it is not like what happens in colleges. it is that in most districts, there is a three-year probationary period before somebody, if they get fired, just gets a hearing before that happens p that's what tenure is. and it has been used as an excuse
people use the various different percentages the way they wish to use them. just like tenure has become an excuse to not evaluate teachers, and teacher union contracts are not about how we transform education, how we get people the tools and conditions they need to do a good job because teacher and children's interests are virtually the same. teachers go into this profession to make a difference in the lives of kids, and our lafflet caller was right. when you see all this bashing and demonizing...
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they set the agenda for us and they want us to follow it. they sent these talking points and want us to follow it. they make absolutely no sense. we are not looking at the real issues and concerns. we are throwing talking points up. if republicans want to win this thing, start saying -- stop saying no to a everything, come up with good solutions and bring those points up. as republicans, we can listen and the cipher which point we like -- we can decipher which point we like and we can vote accordingly. host: thank you for the call, " the new york daily news" -- in 2008, he raked in more than $40 million in manhattan and harlem. the president is starting to raise money for 2012. tennessee, good morning. caller: good morning how are you today? i believe we need to start standing on our principles and not wimping out every time we turn around in the congress and senate. it seems we get a good strong talking point like the budget or the military and we don't capitalize on it or stand firm. we need to start standing firm on what we believe and ta
they set the agenda for us and they want us to follow it. they sent these talking points and want us to follow it. they make absolutely no sense. we are not looking at the real issues and concerns. we are throwing talking points up. if republicans want to win this thing, start saying -- stop saying no to a everything, come up with good solutions and bring those points up. as republicans, we can listen and the cipher which point we like -- we can decipher which point we like and we can vote...
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did not stop us. we are not absolutely free to move around because of we go to a sensitive area or do something security forces. the suspicious -- if you just walk around and central areas and keep a low profile on up -- profile and talk to people, you can do that. host: what is the mood? are you getting a slice of the mood in tripoli? guest: what you have are these noisy and boisterous gaddafi supporters who gathered in the central square and chant gaddafi slogans and they pick up trucks and they go through the streets at night, during the day, chanting gaddafi slogans. a very noisy. you can't avoid them. it gives the superficial impression that this is a city showing its loyalty for gaddafi. but you do go around the streets and have conversations with people you do find an awful lot of people saying they welcome the air strikes, that they hope that means the end of gaddafi. to a poll of where opinion lies and who is an majority -- it is impossible, of course. but certainly this is a deeply divided c
did not stop us. we are not absolutely free to move around because of we go to a sensitive area or do something security forces. the suspicious -- if you just walk around and central areas and keep a low profile on up -- profile and talk to people, you can do that. host: what is the mood? are you getting a slice of the mood in tripoli? guest: what you have are these noisy and boisterous gaddafi supporters who gathered in the central square and chant gaddafi slogans and they pick up trucks and...